NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command

Japanese: NORAD - のーらっど/NORAD/えぬおーあーるえーでぃー(英語表記)North American Aerospace Defense Command
NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command
A joint US-Canadian organization tasked with quickly detecting and warning of the intrusion of missiles and bombers into North America. Established in 1958, its headquarters are at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is an "information fortress" that utilizes a variety of cutting-edge electronic technologies, including the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS), the Northern Warning System, the Perimeter Search Radar Attack Identification System (PARCS), and the Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar (OTH-B). It also collects military and meteorological information and tracks satellites, and with the end of the Cold War, its duties included monitoring and interdicting drug trafficking from South America. Since the 9/11 attacks, it has taken on a global role, monitoring and defending against not only attacks from overseas but also domestic terrorism.

(Masahiro Hosoya, Professor, Graduate School of American Studies, Doshisha University / 2007)

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Japanese:
北米大陸へのミサイルや爆撃機の侵入をいち早く探知し、警報を発する任務を持つ、米国、カナダ両国の共同組織。1958年設置。司令部はコロラド州コロラドスプリングス近郊のピーターソン空軍基地。弾道ミサイル早期警戒システム(BMEWS)、北部警戒システム、周辺探索レーダー攻撃識別システム(PARCS)、超水平線バックスキャッター・レーダー(OTH‐B)など、各種の最新電子技術を駆使した「情報の要塞」である。軍事、気象情報の収集や衛星などの追跡も行い、冷戦の終結と共に、南米からの麻薬空輸の監視・摘発などの任務も加わった。9.11事件以来、国外からの攻撃だけではなく、国内でのテロなどに対しても監視・防衛を行うことになり、グローバルな任務を担っている。

(細谷正宏 同志社大学大学院アメリカ研究科教授 / 2007年)

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